Abnormalities of the Amygdala in schizophrenia: a real world study

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Comparison of clinical scale and MRI data between HC and SC

		SC (n = 34)	HC (n = 33)	t / χ²	p
Age		41.909 ± 9.448	42.264 ± 11.250	-0.140	0.889
Gender (Male/female)		19/14	25/9	-1.891	0.204
Education (Years)		10.42 ± 3.021	11.53 ± 4.392	-1.197	0.236
PANSS		67.33 ± 14.339	30.09 ± 0.379	15.144	< 0.001*
PANSS (Positive)		13.88 ± 6.294	7.03 ± 0.239	6.345	< 0.001*
PANSS (Negative)		21.09 ± 5.719	7.06 ± 0.239	14.297	< 0.001*
PANSS (General)		32.36 ± 7.141	16.00 ± 0.000	13.365	< 0.001*
RBANS		125.757 ± 32.939	169.076 ± 37.056	-4.746	< 0.001*
Immediate memory (Learning)		11.35 ± 4.996	23.96 ± 6.245	-3.401	0.001*
Immediate memory (Story Memory)		6.30 ± 4.760	11.35 ± 4.996	-3.953	< 0.001*
Visuospatial Construction		15.42 ± 3.783	16.77 ± 2.487	-1.564	0.123
Language		12.27 ± 4.598	17.38 ± 4.419	-4.313	< 0.001*
Attention (Digit Span)		10.91 ± 2.590	13.19 ± 2.333	-3.510	0.001*
Attention (Coding)		29.82 ± 11.151	43.69 ± 14.907	-4.091	< 0.001*
Delayed memory (List Recall)		3.15 ± 2.647	4.96 ± 3.013	-2.453	0.017*
Delayed memory (List Recognition)		17.85 ± 2.476	19.23 ± 1.306	-2.575	0.013*
Delayed memory (Story Recall)		3.24 ± 3.042	6.08 ± 3.149	-3.499	0.001*
Delayed memory (Figure Recall)		8.52 ± 5.357	12.46 ± 4.254	-3.069	0.003*
Volume (Amygdala)	L	0.905 ± 0.104	0.945 ± 0.099	-1.659	0.102
	R	1.019 ± 0.111	1.022 ± 0.275	-0.122	0.903
FALFF (Amygdala)	L	-0.073 ± 0.358	-0.272 ± 0.275	2.561	0.013*
	R	-0.211 ± 0.360	-0.312 ± 0.223	1.381	0.172

PANSS: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; RBANS: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; FALFF: Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations; L: left; R: right. * Indicated p < 0.05; Independent-sample t-test, two-tailed.

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